MANAGEMENT OF SPECIAL WASTES IN NORTH CAROLINA - NC ELECTRONICS PROGRAM Shawn McKee – Environmental Senior Specialist NCDENR Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section NC SWANA Conference October 2014, Wrightsville Beach

NC ELECTRONICS PROGRAM: MANUFACTURER RESPONSIBILITIES Computers Annual Fee Recycling Plan Reporting (Oct 1) Televisions Annual Fee Recycling Obligation Reporting (Oct 1)

NC’S ELECTRONICS RECYCLING Overall Recycling of Electronics FY FY *FY FY Televisions (lbs.)1,986,9609,547,24021,995,74020,726,028 Computer Equipment (lbs.)7,160,30014,655,94020,839,22015,037,372 Ratio of TVs to Computers0.28:10.65:11.06:11.38:1 TOTAL (lbs.)9,147,26024,203,18042,834,96035,763,400 Per Capita (lbs.) *TVs and Computers banned from NC landfills on January 1, 2011

COLLECTION TRENDS  Are we at peak TVs?? Peak CRTs??  FY13-14 reporting indicates many Counties are now seeing around 70% of their electronics weight is TVs  Counties with “older” (8-10 years) electronics recycling programs are seeing closer to 50% TVs

WHAT IS NCDENR DOING?  Working with manufacturers to help them understand their obligations  Work with other states & EPA  State Electronics Recycling Service Contract  Best management practices for electronics management  Facilitate the sharing of information between local governments

NC’S MANUFACTURERS RESPONSIBILITY LAW FOR ELECTRONICS  The law covers computers and TVs disposed of by residential consumers Collected FeesFY FY As of July 1, 2014 Television Manufacturer Fees$82,500$60,000$52,500 Computer Manufacturer Fees $380,000$617,500$367,500 Feb 2013Feb 2014 Forecast for Feb 2015 Disbursements to Local Governments $487,000$600,000

TELEVISION RECYCLING  20,726,028 lbs. of TVs processed from NC in FY12-13 at $0.15/pound equals: =$3,108,904

CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) CONSTRUCTION PANEL GLASS – (screen) 2/3 of the CRT’s mass. 0-4% lead oxide FUNNEL - 22%-28% lead oxide NECK – 30% lead oxide SOLDER (or Frit) % lead YOKE - The coils of copper wire around the neck of the CRT are known as the yoke; desirable to scavengers

CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT) LEAD CONTENT  Average weight of a CRT television – 40 lbs.  A CRT TV is approximately 60% glass  Approximately 15% of this glass is lead  = 3.6 lbs. of lead per television As of June 30, 2013, over 54 million pounds of televisions have been recycled in NC If all were CRTs = Close to 5 million pounds of lead

LIMITED MARKETS CAN LEAD TO….

AND SCAVENGING AND DUMPING…

CRT DOWNSTREAM MARKETS  Smelting (3 major smelters in US & Can) - ~30,000 tons  Glass-to-glass: ~80,000 tons (VideoCon in India)  ADC for MSW - 50,000 tons (Kuusakoski) Doe Run, Missouri CRT downstream markets are changing rapidly

CRT DOWNSTREAM MARKETS…  Deleading/Glass Separation:  Dlubak Glass  Nulife Glass - NY Mill tons  Ceramic Tiles:  Com2 - 15,000 tons (production to start by Nov 2014)  Fireclay tile, California  And others Glass tiles for residential made from CRT glass

Shawn McKee 1646 MSC Raleigh NC West Jones Street